Health Care

The Gov. Charlie Baker Administration has leaned on the state’s manufacturers, creating the Manufacturing Emergency Response Team under the Massachusetts Technology Collaborative to coordinate manufacturers’ move toward pandemic-related materials.

College leaders in Central Massachusetts are grappling with an upturned admissions period and wondering what fall enrollment will look like if students decide they don’t want to travel far for school, or even whether a fall semester would be able to take place on campus anyway.

The pandemic has complicated things for Behavioral health providers in their patients in two major ways: anxiety of getting the virus and depression from being stuck often alone indoors has increased risks for patients, while efforts to keep people generally away from one another has made group therapy sessions almost impractical.

Worcester County had a reported seven more coronavirus deaths Friday, along with 217 new cases — both...

UMass Memorial Medical Center leaders in Worcester are expecting more than 600 inpatient coronavirus cases with an expected peak around April 20, they said in an online forum Friday.

For the first few weeks of the coronavirus-related shutdown of most businesses, Niche Hospitality Group in Worcester...

Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker signed an executive order Thursday expediting a licensing approvals process for international medical school graduates as a way to help the state find enough medical providers during the coronavirus pandemic.

Emergency medical services providers in Worcester and Shrewsbury have begun in-home coronavirus testing when 911 callers indicate they have symptoms.

A trio of executive orders Gov. Charlie Baker signed Thursday aims to expand the health care system's capacity and ensure access to COVID-19 treatment, including in field hospitals.

Worcester County had a reported 165 new coronavirus cases and a 31st death in new data released Thursday by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.